Şanlıurfa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Şanlıurfa is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with October and April close behind. Şanlıurfa averages about 3,030 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 29 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,030
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 92/100
- Rain / year
- 429 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈30 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 450k
- Elevation
- 821 m
When is the best time to visit Şanlıurfa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Şanlıurfa is May, then October and April. The dullest month is January (0/100, 70 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Şanlıurfa?
Şanlıurfa is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,030 hours of sunshine a year. 92 Sunshine Score points separate May (92) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #20 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,990 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 47% of the annual 429 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 70 mm | 2 |
| February | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 61 mm | 3 |
| March | 44 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 51 mm | 4 |
| April | 88 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 49 mm | 6 |
| May | 92 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 29 mm | 8 |
| June | 77 | 34° / 93°F | 18° / 64°F | 7 mm | 10 |
| July | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 22° / 72°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| August | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 23° / 73°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| September | 86 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 7 mm | 7 |
| October | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 32 mm | 4 |
| November | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 49 mm | 2 |
| December | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 72 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Diyarbakır Türkiye · 125 km · best in Oct · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Malatya Türkiye · 131 km · best in Jun · 3,038 h sun/yr
- Elazığ Türkiye · 133 km · best in Sep · 3,000 h sun/yr
- Gaziantep Türkiye · 137 km · best in May · 3,136 h sun/yr
- Mardin Türkiye · 155 km · best in May · 3,088 h sun/yr
- Batman Türkiye · 203 km · best in May · 3,078 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Adıyaman Türkiye · 49 km · 3,031 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Şanlıurfa compares month by month: Şanlıurfa vs Gaziantep · Şanlıurfa vs Diyarbakır · Şanlıurfa vs Malatya · Şanlıurfa vs Elazığ · all comparisons
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